The reality principle: It must solve real world problems with planned actions (e.g. children who learn to scream to get what they want.)

This is a personality structure shaped by parents and societal moral rules.

Superego

What are the two compoenents of the Superego?

1. Conscience

2. "Ego Ideal" - ideal persona. "Who do I want to be perceived as?"

When the Ego or Superego do not do their jobs properly, elements of the Id may become visible. What is an example of this?

A Freudian Slip: a psychological error in speaking or writing that reveals something about the person's unconscious

The drives or instincts that influence behavior.

Psychosexual development

Sexual energy that underlies psychological tension.

Libido

What are the five psychosexual stages?

1. Oral

2. Anal

3. Phallic

4. Latency

5. Genital

This stage occurs before age one. Infants are driven to satisfy drives of hunger and thirst. The conflict is a child must give up breast feeding. A fixation with attachment and dependency occurs.

Oral stage

This psychosexual stage develops around age two. A child receives pleasure from relieving self of bodily waste. The conflict occurs when the child is toilet trained. A fixation with neatness and organization takes place.

Anal stage

This psychosexual stage occurs around age 4. Sexual energy becomes focused on genitals and and Oedipus or Electra complex can occur. There is a conflict because overt sexual behavior is socially unacceptable. A fixation on vanity, narcissism, and inability to love can occur.

Phallic stage

This is the period of about 5 to 11 in which Freud did not note any important psychosexual developments.

Latency Stage

Where did Freud believe psychosexual energy was channeled during the Latency stage?